JAANG! It's my super ultra cool story! Actually, it just took me a long time to write. Not quite sure if it's super cool.

So anyways, thanks goes out to Seperated Cow, who introduced me to one piece. (She has a good One piece story!)

However,

This story is dedicated to Ryoku's Jiki Sweetie and our super secret messages. Let's keep the chain going eh? Hehe.

She is really awesome, and check out her One piece stories, she has a TON of good ZoNa ones. Thanks for all the things that made my day. This one's for you, as an extremly early birthday present. mostly just extremly early. I dunno if its good or not though.

So originally this was going to be The 36th Time because my random impulse told me so. Im kinda dissapointed that it isn't. T.T But i figured it'd get too long and boring, plus i'd get lazy. I almost did, but R.J.S was telling me to hurry! Thanks for the encouragement.

I actually hope this is a success, cuz' if it is, then I'm going to start another multi chaptered ZoroxNami story, but if it isn't, then oh well! I'll use the idea somewhere else. future planning!

The second time it happened, was the first day it snowed. Their morning wakeup call had consisted of Luffy, an announcement of snow, and a megaphone. Needless to say, Zoro was not in the best of moods.

As everybody headed on to the deck, exclamations of "ahhh? It's cold!" could be heard. In between the flying coats and scarves, Nami could see Zoro in a stance of indifference, looking up at the white flakes falling from the sky. She smiled at his determination of not losing to the 'damn' weather. He turned his head as he felt her gaze on him, and gave her a grin. She gave him a smirk in return.

The 3rd time

Dinnertime. Sanji was at his knees, rushing to do every thing his 'Nami-san' bid him to do. Zoro scoffed at Sanji's pathetic show of weakness.

Nami turned her head and winked at him. He gave her an exasperated look in return.

The 4th time

Night. "Oi Nami!" Zoro shouts from on the deck. "Anything interesting up there we need to worry about?"

"Look, I just found the idiot unconscious on the deck of the ship when I found him. If it makes you guys feel any better, the entire marine fleet was unconscious too." Sanji said exasperatedly.

The other two took a moment to digest this information.

"Yeah…" Ussop said, "He probably tied."

Zoro twitched. And woke up.

"YOU DAMNED BASTARDS- WHADDU MEAN I TIED?" he shouted.

"…So you lost?" Sanji asked.

"Wh-NO!" Zoro growled. "I WON OKAY? I WON!"

"Then why were you unconscious?"

"…." Zoro became silent.

"...Zoro?" Nami asked.

"…I figured I'd shoot a gun to see how it felt like, but the damned thing blew up on me." Zoro mumbled.

Silence insured.

"AHAHAHA! ZORO BLEW HIMSELF UP!" Ussop laughed.

"SHUT UP! I WORK WITH SWORDS ANYWAYS! IT WAS A FLUKE! IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN!"

The 9th time

They had just arrived at a new town, and an elderly woman and her very young granddaughter ran the lodge they were staying in. Surprisingly the four-year-old girl had attached herself to Zoro the minute he walked in. Undaunted by his threats of slicing her head off, Zoro had no choice but to accept that this girl was by no means leaving his side.

Looking at Nami with a look of pure hopelessness, Zoro reluctantly followed the little girl into her room.

Nami laughed in response.

The 10th time

Nami thought for sure she had never seen a cuter sight, when she walked in the room and saw Zoro fast asleep with the little girl tucked in his lap, open picture book between the two of them.

The 11th time

It was snowing again. Luffy had decided that his crew was going to stay at the lodge for the time being, much to the four-year-old 's delight.

Nami caught Zoro's expression; surprise became apparent when she figured he didn't mind that much after all.

The 12th time

Looking up from his current crisis of life, Zoro silently pleaded Nami for help.

The 13th time

Suppressing a round of giggles, Nami bent down and helped Roronoa Zoro bundle up the little girl in a warm jacket, seeing as Zoro had placed the jacket on the young girl backwards. Honestly, why in the world did this girl like Zoro so much?

Glancing at her over the girl's head, Zoro gave Nami a look of relieved appreciation. Nami found this very adorable, and suddenly she felt as if she too could understand this toddler's intentions.

The 14th time

It was time to leave, and the young girl whom Zoro became accustomed to hugged his legs with all her might as he was leaving the lodge. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"...I'm gonna miss you, Zoro-nii!" She wailed. Zoro's face became pink-ish, and Nami wondered if it wasn't from the cold.

He grunted, and ruffled her hair before stepping out the door.

Walking toward the docks, Nami noticed Zoro turn around multiple times, as if he expected the little girl to still be following him. She grinned at him.

Really, Zoro was such a softie.

The 15th time

That night, Zoro was surprised to see Nami still on the deck after the sun had set. Shocking the both of them, Zoro asked Nami if she wanted to 'take a walk' with him.

The 16th time

Luffy and Ussop watched from a round window, faces pressed up against the glass.

"Whaddu suppose they're doing?" Luffy managed to ask with the small amount of space left between his mouth and the glass window.

"I dunno" Ussop answered. The two continued looking out the window, as Zoro and Nami leaned against the rail of the boat, calmly talking together.

The 17th time

New town. Zoro was currently being completely destroyed by a bunch of teenage girls. Sweat poured down his head as he gritted his teeth and tried to find a way out of the madness.

"Too stunned to speak eh? It has that effect on people. Robin had the exact same expression you did!"

"…HOW THE HELL IS THAT SPECIAL YOU DAMN IDIOT?"

She looked taken aback.

"Well...I've only shown it to you, Robin and Luffy."

"Wha? Luffy too? Whad' he say?"

"He asked me if he could borrow a pair."

The 23rd time

" So you get it now?"

Currently, Nami was sitting confusedly next to a frustrated Zoro.

He indeed was trying to explain the world of male language.

He started again, slower.

"Ok, so when I call Sanji, Ussop or Luffy a bastard, it means they're my buddies. Same for Johnny and Yosaku. When I call a guy I just had a good fight with a bastard, it means I admire his skills. Mine are still better though. If I call a random guy I meet on the street a bastard, it means He's pissing me off, and therefore I have to beat up the bastard's bastard friends, and then the bastard bastard himself."

Nami looked a bit dazed.

"So you get it now?"

The 24th time

In honor of the holiday spirit, Sanji had cooked up a great feast. It had looked amazingly gorgeous when he had set it on the table.

After Luffy had gotten a glance at it however…it was just… amazing.

The whole crew sat at the table, laughing and talking, and generally relaxing and thoroughly enjoying themselves.

It felt like home.

It felt like family.

As Zoro looked through the masses of food (mostly meat) flying overhead, he could spy Nami on the other side, smiling at her nakama.

It kinda made him wanna smile too.

Sort of.

The 25th time

She took a deep breath of fresh, snowy mountain air.

Preparing he self, she slowly fell forward, away from the cliff and its safe soft ground.

Before she could take the plummet however, a pair of strong arms caught her.

She turned around giggling, before meeting the very angry face of Roronoa Zoro.

"THE HELL WAS YOU THINKING DUMBASS?" He growled, clearly angered.

She gave a simple answer.

"Well, I figured I wanted to feel what it felt like to fall of a cliff."